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by Raul Reyes
Imagine if a major television network entered into a partnership with a presidential nominee, and promoted that candidate across their media platforms. Just think of the outrage and charges of bias that would ricochet through the press.
Or maybe not.
Univision, the country's top Spanish-language network, has entered into a multiyear deal with Hillary Clinton to promote the health, education and well-being of young children. As part of an early childhood development campaign that she began last year, Clinton has signed on with Univision to promote "Pequeños y Valiosos" (Young and Valuable), a program to encourage Hispanic parents to develop their children's language skills. Among other goals, the program wants to help close what is known as a "word gap," the vocabulary differential between low-income children and their classmates. Clinton and Univision officials kicked off the program at an event in at a Head Start program in East Harlem.
That's all good, right?
Not really. Although the program has worthy goals, the problem here is that a major broadcaster is getting awfully close to a presumptive nominee for president. A second problem is that many in the press are largely ignoring this relationship. Marc Caputo, a political reporter for the Miami Herald, wrote about the Univision/Clinton ties, and several conservative media outlets picked up his column. But other than that, this has been a non-story which is a shame.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/02/23/raul-reyes-univision-hillary-clinton/5616437/
Response to n2doc (Original post)
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MineralMan
(146,287 posts)about Hillary Clinton. That was a meme from the right, which used that term as a way of denigrating both Bill and Hillary Clinton. It doesn't seem to be to be a good fit for DU, somehow.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Bandit
(21,475 posts)She is however promoting childhood "health, education, and well being". She has a long long history of doing that very thing. I suppose in a couple of years when and if she does decide to run for Office she may discontinue her alliance with Univision.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)When did she announce her running as President in 2016? I thought I missed the entire thing. She is currently a civilian and can do whatever she wants.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)MineralMan
(146,287 posts)Clinton is not a candidate. The program is potentially beneficial in an educational sense. I see no conflict here. If Hillary wants to align herself with a program designed to improve children's language skills, I can't see any reason why she shouldn't.
Can you explain further?
n2doc
(47,953 posts)I don't have a problem with it. Doing well by doing good. Hell Fox hires all sorts of maybe, possibly presidential candidates to parade on their shows, and they don't do anything but blovate. But I hadn't heard of this before on DU, so here it is.
MineralMan
(146,287 posts)The article has a distinct conservative slant, and appears just to be trying to gin up some controversy.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Media organizations don't start making people quit until they do one of the above.
At this point, this is just Hillary Derangement Syndrome.
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)"Hillary is not a candidate" are you guys actually doing that with a straight face? Seriously?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)she is likely to be a candidate, but so what?
MineralMan
(146,287 posts)That's the reality. Announcements are carefully planned, and if she decides to run, she'll make all sorts of changes in her associations. Right now, though, Hillary Clinton is a private citizen.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Alrighty then.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)The rule isn't "We strongly think this person is going to run even though they haven't declared yet, so we will apply the rules for a declared candidate to them."
MineralMan
(146,287 posts)right now, and won't be for at least another year. She's interested in educational issues, and this program sounds like a valuable one for Hispanic children. So, I'm not surprised that she is involved in it.
What is your objection to her connection with an educational program for children, anyhow?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)she has not filed the paperwork, has not hired campaign staff, has not set up a place to donate to her campaign, and has not even announced that she's running.
reddread
(6,896 posts)Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)She is currently working for the family business, which is NOT running for office.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)We haven't seen on the matter.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, etc etc etc
sigmasix
(794 posts)Fox "news" spent the last several elections doing this for right wing candidates. Why does this sort of thing only become "newsworthy" if a democrat appears to have managed it? Besides, she has not announced anything yet- I think we have discovered the reason right wing blogs and faux "news" outlets are the only ones with any concern.
EC
(12,287 posts)working with the Clinton Initiative and has every right to do this.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Univision, the country's top Spanish-language network, has entered into a multiyear deal with Hillary Clinton to promote the health, education and well-being of young children. As part of an early childhood development campaign that she began last year, Clinton has signed on with Univision to promote "Pequeños y Valiosos" (Young and Valuable), a program to encourage Hispanic parents to develop their children's language skills. Among other goals, the program wants to help close what is known as a "word gap," the vocabulary differential between low-income children and their classmates. Clinton and Univision officials kicked off the program at an event in at a Head Start program in East Harlem.
Such evil.
reddread
(6,896 posts)I know which one is more valuable in the job market, and I sure wish I spoke it.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)There is probably a pretty big space in between.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)actually i think this is a win win for the party and hillary if she decides to run.
its a close relationship BUT since fox news is the republican mouthpiece maybe the democrats should`t shy away from using univision. hey... all is fair in love and war.
GeorgeGist
(25,319 posts)Raul Reyes really that stupid?
longship
(40,416 posts)So, until she has announced her candidacy, there cannot be any conflict.
Furthermore, she is only the presumptive nominee by making some rather extravagant presumptions, like the media and many here at DU tend to make. Kind of like Al Gore's supposed 2004 run. At the end of the day, she has only ever said that she is considering her options for 2016.
I write this without making any comment on whether I support her or not. (At this time I am neutral.)
Now I will add some speculation to the mix. Maybe she's signaling something here.
I would welcome contrary opinions, hopefully backed by facts.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)If she does decide to run for president, I'm sure this relationship with Univision can be revisited.
As much as it might upset and anger some progressive and conservative partisans, there is nothing wrong with what she is doing and a lot to be admired about it.